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Why BMW went front-wheel drive
It’s the beginning of a new era for the German car maker with its first 1 Series front-driver

Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato final design revealed
Design details sound more impressive than the upcoming grand tourer’s original design sketch.

2019 Audi SQ8 TDI specifications
Twin-turbo diesel V8 is Ingolstadt’s new bonkers behemoth

Fully-autonomous cars are much, much further away than you think
The head of one of the world’s biggest suppliers of sensors for autonomous cars says the myth of the self driving car is unlikely to become reality for a long time

Report: Ford knew of Powershift problems before production
An investigation has uncovered court filings, documents and emails that show Ford knew its Powershift automatic was faulty even before it went into production

Bentley EXP 100 GT Concept celebrates brand’s centenary
Centenary concept celebrates sustainability while lathed in expensive materials

AddArmor APR Audi RS7 can stop bullets and outrun supercars
Vehicle armouring company teams with tuner to create super-fast armoured car

Tradie utes to go electric
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance ready to build an electric dual-cab ute on its new EV platform when batteries are cheap enough

HSV marks 1000th Chevrolet Camaro conversion
Chevrolet’s Mustang rival is now ‘officially’ 1000 units strong in Australia

2020 Renault Megane RS Trophy-R full specs and figures
Performance numbers and detailed tech info for Renault’s Nurburgring king

Electric cars will be cheaper than petrol cars within five years
Nissan electrification boss Nic Thomas says that electric vehicles will be cheaper to buy than petrol cars in 2024

Final VW Beetle rolls off the line
How are we going to explain how much things weigh now the Volkswagen Beetle is no more?

2020 Hyundai Tucson range to receive more safety tech as standard
Hyundai has refreshed its Tucson medium SUV range, including extra safety equipment and more features as standard

Porsche: the 911 will be the last car to be electrified
Lusting after an all-electric 911? You’re going to be waiting a long time

Next-gen Chevrolet Corvette C8 image leak
Leaked image of Chev’s next-gen Corvette make us wonder if it will all be worth the wait

Combustion engines will be extinct by 2055: Continental
Continental says regulation will render combustion engines as quaintly antique as a saddled horse by the middle of this century

Melbourne roads become first ‘living laboratory’
Big Brother is watching: cameras, sensors and cellular data used to track cars, buses, cyclists and pedestrians in Melbourne

2020 Audi R8 LMS GT2 makes noisy Goodwood debut
470kW V10 weapon runs the Duke’s driveway before it finds somewhere to race

2020 Mercedes-Benz CLA200 coupe price and features
Mercedes-Benz CLA200 coupe spearheads the Australian CLA range, to be joined later this year by the CLA250 and CLA35 AMG

Porsche’s exhilarating atmo manual heroes will survive in the EV future
Manual gearboxes and high-revving naturally aspirated engines have a clear future and will last for at least another decade, says Andreas Preuninger

BAC Mono R revealed at Goodwood
More than 450kW-per-tonne for this extremely focused supercar

Stability control of the future will be able to predict wet roads
Continental reveals its next-generation stability control tech will use data to make slippery roads feel like dry ones

Rolling art: Goodwood Festival of Speed in pictures
Wheels Editor Alex Inwood goes to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, camera in hand

Physicist 3D-prints a Lamborghini Aventador in his own garage
‘Dad of the year’ contender applies his smarts to build the car of his son’s dreams
